By Chris Nicholls
SYDNEY: Electrolux will pull the Westinghouse brand from the washer market and replace it with new Electrolux-branded machines, according to laundry product marketing manager Grant Stevens.
Speaking to Current.com.au, Stevens said the move was designed to improve market share.
“We’re replacing that [Westinghouse] with Electrolux just because it’s a better fit with the consumer that we’re wanting to target,” he said.
Stevens confirmed the new Electrolux products would not be the same products re-badged, though.
“We’re just selling through what’s on the floor at the moment, and over time Electrolux will basically take back the space, we certainly hope, and hopefully a bit more.”
There was no set cut-off date for the changeover, he said.
The Westinghouse brand will continue on in dryers, though, with production switching to the new Rayong, Thailand factory next month.